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1978-79 Kentucky Wildcats Men's Roster and Stats

Record: 19-12 (10-8, 6th in SEC MBB)

Coach: Joe B. Hall

PS/G: 78.9 (66th of 262)

PA/G: 73.5 (139th of 262)

SRS: 13.69 (14th of 256)

SOS: 8.34 (10th of 256)

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Height	Summary
Kyle Macy	JR	G	6-3	15.2 Pts, 2.6 Reb, 4.2 Ast
Dwight Anderson	FR	G	6-3	13.3 Pts, 3.0 Reb, 2.2 Ast
LaVon Williams	JR	F	6-7	11.5 Pts, 6.9 Reb, 0.8 Ast
Fred Cowan	SO	F	6-8	9.4 Pts, 5.5 Reb, 0.5 Ast
Truman Claytor	SR	G	6-1	8.7 Pts, 0.8 Reb, 1.8 Ast
Jay Shidler	JR	G	6-1	6.3 Pts, 1.0 Reb, 1.1 Ast
Chuck Verderber	FR	F	6-6	6.1 Pts, 4.2 Reb, 1.2 Ast
Chuck Aleksinas	SO	C	6-11	11.5 Pts, 6.1 Reb, 1.0 Ast
Clarence Tillman	FR	F	6-7	3.3 Pts, 3.3 Reb, 0.2 Ast
Tim Stephens	JR	G	6-3	5.2 Pts, 1.2 Reb, 0.7 Ast
Dwane Casey	SR	G	6-2	0.9 Pts, 0.5 Reb, 0.4 Ast
Chris Gettelfinger	SO	G	6-2	0.8 Pts, 0.4 Reb, 0.1 Ast

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		28.7	58.0	.495	21.5	27.7	.776	33.4	12.6			15.0	23.1	78.9
Opponent	31		28.6	57.7	.496	16.4	23.2	.707	32.1	14.0			17.2	27.0	73.5

Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														75.6
Opponent	18														72.5

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	31		890	1799	.495	666	858	.776	1034	392			464	715	2446
Opponent	31		886	1788	.496	508	719	.707	995	435			532	838	2280

Total Team and Opponent Stats Table
	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Team	18														1360
Opponent	18														1305

Per Game Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kyle Macy	31	35.8	5.8	11.5	.504	3.6	4.2	.868	2.6	4.2			2.0	2.2	15.2
2	Dwight Anderson	29	27.8	4.4	8.7	.508	4.5	6.3	.720	3.0	2.2	0.7	0.1	2.1	2.8	13.3
3	Chuck Aleksinas	13	28.2	4.5	9.6	.464	2.5	3.5	.733	6.1	1.0	0.4	0.1	2.1	2.8	11.5
4	LaVon Williams	31	28.7	3.8	7.1	.543	3.8	4.7	.808	6.9	0.8			2.5	4.1	11.5
5	Fred Cowan	31	23.3	3.4	7.0	.488	2.5	3.7	.672	5.5	0.5	0.9	1.2	1.7	3.5	9.4
6	Truman Claytor	30	21.7	3.7	7.6	.489	1.3	1.6	.792	0.8	1.8			1.8	2.3	8.7
7	Jay Shidler	30	20.7	2.2	4.3	.519	1.8	2.1	.859	1.0	1.1			1.4	2.2	6.3
8	Chuck Verderber	31	19.6	2.0	3.8	.521	2.1	2.8	.747	4.2	1.2	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.5	6.1
9	Tim Stephens	6	9.5	2.3	4.2	.560	0.5	0.8	.600	1.2	0.7			0.7	1.5	5.2
10	Clarence Tillman	30	13.5	1.2	3.7	.336	0.9	0.9	.963	3.3	0.2			0.9	1.8	3.3
11	Dwane Casey	22	4.5	0.3	0.8	.389	0.2	0.3	.714	0.5	0.4			0.4	0.6	0.9
12	Chris Gettelfinger	8	1.9	0.3	0.4	.667	0.3	0.3	1.000	0.4	0.1			0.1	0.1	0.8

Totals Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Kyle Macy	31	1111	179	355	.504	112	129	.868	82	129			63	68	470
2	Dwight Anderson	29	807	128	252	.508	131	182	.720	86	63	20	3	62	82	387
3	LaVon Williams	31	891	119	219	.543	118	146	.808	213	26			79	127	356
4	Fred Cowan	31	722	106	217	.488	78	116	.672	171	16	27	36	54	109	290
5	Truman Claytor	30	652	111	227	.489	38	48	.792	25	53			53	68	260
6	Jay Shidler	30	620	67	129	.519	55	64	.859	29	34			41	67	189
7	Chuck Verderber	31	607	62	119	.521	65	87	.747	131	38	19	4	44	79	189
8	Chuck Aleksinas	13	366	58	125	.464	33	45	.733	79	13	5	1	27	37	149
9	Clarence Tillman	30	405	37	110	.336	26	27	.963	99	7			27	55	100
10	Tim Stephens	6	57	14	25	.560	3	5	.600	7	4			4	9	31
11	Dwane Casey	22	99	7	18	.389	5	7	.714	10	8			9	13	19
12	Chris Gettelfinger	8	15	2	3	.667	2	2	1.000	3	1			1	1	6
	School Totals	31		890	1799	.495	666	858	.776	1034	392			464	715	2446

Per 40 Minutes Table
Rk	Player	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Tim Stephens	6	57	9.8	17.5	.560	2.1	3.5	.600	4.9	2.8			2.8	6.3	21.8
2	Dwight Anderson	29	807	6.3	12.5	.508	6.5	9.0	.720	4.3	3.1	1.0	0.1	3.1	4.1	19.2
3	Kyle Macy	31	1111	6.4	12.8	.504	4.0	4.6	.868	3.0	4.6			2.3	2.4	16.9
4	Chuck Aleksinas	13	366	6.3	13.7	.464	3.6	4.9	.733	8.6	1.4	0.5	0.1	3.0	4.0	16.3
5	Fred Cowan	31	722	5.9	12.0	.488	4.3	6.4	.672	9.5	0.9	1.5	2.0	3.0	6.0	16.1
6	Truman Claytor	30	652	6.8	13.9	.489	2.3	2.9	.792	1.5	3.3			3.3	4.2	16.0
7	Chris Gettelfinger	8	15	5.3	8.0	.667	5.3	5.3	1.000	8.0	2.7			2.7	2.7	16.0
8	LaVon Williams	31	891	5.3	9.8	.543	5.3	6.6	.808	9.6	1.2			3.5	5.7	16.0
9	Chuck Verderber	31	607	4.1	7.8	.521	4.3	5.7	.747	8.6	2.5	1.3	0.3	2.9	5.2	12.5
10	Jay Shidler	30	620	4.3	8.3	.519	3.5	4.1	.859	1.9	2.2			2.6	4.3	12.2
11	Clarence Tillman	30	405	3.7	10.9	.336	2.6	2.7	.963	9.8	0.7			2.7	5.4	9.9
12	Dwane Casey	22	99	2.8	7.3	.389	2.0	2.8	.714	4.0	3.2			3.6	5.3	7.7

1978-79 Kentucky (Men's) Season